Look Before You Seek

Chapter 7

The bell rang, and all the children left their classrooms in a hurry. Break-time didn't last very long, and they wanted to make the most of their time. But Minnie was the last one to leave her classroom. She had concentrated so deep into her work, that she had quite a lot of mess to clear up. She wasn't the most tidy or organized person.In fact, she took so long to gather her things, that the teacher asked her to lock the door and turn out the lights when she left.

Eventually, about 8 minutes after the bell had rung, Minnie left the classroom. Aelita was waiting outside. She had grown bored waiting for Minnie, so she let her thoughts drift elsewhere. She must have been quite bored waiting, as she didn't even notice when Minnie came out. Luckily, Minnie wasn't lost in thought, (Which was actually very surprising, as Minnie is usually lost in thought)so she did notice her new friend leaning on the wall, staring into space.

"Hello?" Minnie said, waving her hand slowly in front of Aelita's face. Aelita shook her head as she came back to reality.

"Minnie," she gasped out. "What took you so long?" She tried to sound stern, but it was hard for Aelita to do so, as she had such a soft, quiet voice.

"I just take a long time," she told Aelita. "Why were you waiting?"

"I wanted to ask you something," Aelita replied as they started away from the classroom.

"Well," Minnie said. "What did you want to ask? It seems I'm the one asking the questions anyway!" Minnie smiled to herself, finding the irony rather amusing.

"Well," Aelita started, warily. "I wanted to know where you disappeared from this morning, and why you weren't at breakfast."

"Oh," Minnie said, looking down. "Well, I got up early, and I went out to do some thinking. I must have lost track of the time and missed breakfast. But I'm feeling rather hungry now." Just as the words left he mouth, a loud grumble came from her stomach.

"You could probably get something from the vending machines," Aelita said. "But we'd better hurry, break only goes for another 10 minutes."

"That's okay," Minnie said, patting her tummy. "I'm a fast eater."

Aelita showed Minnie to the vending machines, where the rest of the group, including Yumi, were chatting. They grew quiet as Minnie drew closer.

For the first time, Minnie got a good look at Yumi. She was pretty and tall. She looked a good year older than the rest of them, and she was eying Minnie suspiciously. Yumi was Asian. Minnie thought she looked Japanese, although she couldn't be sure.

"I should probably just go and get something to eat," Minnie said quietly to Aelita, who nodded.

As soon as her back was turned, Minni could hear them whispering. Her ears burned as she put money in the slot and chose her food, as she could tell they were talking about her.

Now, Minnie couldn't hear the conversation that the group had about her, but I will tell you, as it will help the story make more sense.

"Who's that?" Yumi whispered to the rest of them as soon as Minnie's back was turned.

"That's Minnie," Aelita said so quietly that Yumi had to lean closer to hear her. "She's my new room mate."

"Yeah," Ulrich whispered to Yumi, slightly frightened about what her reaction would be when he told her what he was bout to. "She kind filled in when I couldn't reach your phone last night."

"She went to Lyoko?!?" Yumi whispered louder than she should have, loud enough for Minnie to her. Minnie pretended as though she hadn't, but she could feel her face growing hotter.

"Calm down," Ulrich said, although he should have known better.

"Calm down?!?" Yumi's eyes portrayed her anger.

"Yumi, it just kinda, happened," Aelita said, not knowing how to explain.

"Yumi, it was a spare of the moment decision, and she was there," Jeremie said.

"Yeah," Odd agreed, and then he added, "You should see her powers it Lyoko. She's like some sort of wizard or something."

"Actually, Odd, it's a sorceress," Jeremie said, just before Yumi stormed off.

"Yumi," Ulrich called, as he started to follow her. But the bell went and there was nothing he could do.

Minnie walked with Aelita to their next class.

"Yumi doesn't like me very much, does she?" Minnie asked anxiously.

"It's not that she doesn't lie you, she's just stubborn and a bit upset that we didn't tell her about- hey, where did your food go?"

"I ate it," Minnie said simply. Aelita was giving her a strange look, so she said, "I told you I was a fast eater!"

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